Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-21
ST. PAUL. MINI. Jan. 10. 1897.

st. fAtL MINI. > an. Is, 1874.
Yesterday was the day when the members
: OF the House we're loaded to thu gunwales
with bills and TO day it was the Senate
Between twenty and thirty bills were offered
III the Senate and scarcely any in the
House. the Representatives having appar-
emily exhausted themselves by their effort
yesterday. Probably the bill which is of
the most public interest was the one offered
by Senator Pope appropriating 100000 for
Soldiers Home. Since both political par
ties committed themselves to this project
during tie last campaign and made their
pledges from the stump besides there is
scarcely likely to be any opposition to such
a measure though it's detail will undoubtedly
cause good deal of debate and any bill will
be likely to be radically amended before it
goes through. This bill of Senator Popes
only provides for sl5.uU to be expended for
grounds and buildings this year and pro-
vides IN appropriation of 5000 for relief of
soldiers during the year and thereafter an
annual appropriation Of $4,000. Senator
Ward took his turn at abOlishing the Oil
Inspector and the incoming officer is not
likely to find his berth bed Of roses for the
next fifty days. The Normal schools re-
celyed q boom IN the shape of q bill from
Senator Comstock appropriating s6O.UW for
"A school OF that character at Moorhead
, This will please the people of Moorhead
whether they get the school or not It used
to be in earlier times that the Normal
Schools located at Winona. Mankato.
and St. Cloud, representing as they did
different sections of the State could com
bine sufficient legislative streng b to secure
almost any reasonable legislation they
might desire. Ii the fourth school should
be established it would add still more
strength TO the combina ton. The Governor
enliyened things a little by sending to the
Senate the name Of H. B. Willis of st. Paul
as oil inspector and for surveyors of logs
and lumber A. c. Hospes of Saltwater and
>. L. Lovejoy. Minneapolis and Alexander
Frazer OF Duluth. The Senate went into
secret session to receive the message
but adjourned without taking action. In
the house the Judiciary committee en-
deavored to kill Mr. Donnelly's bill
relating to open markets for grain
by reporting against it but Donnelly saved
it from humiliation by having the adverse
report made special order for next Thurs
day. The bill is designed to suppress or cur
tail stock and grain operations in Minnesota
where the actual articles instead of being
bought and sold are simply bet upon, the
wagers being made upon future prices. The
usury bill offered by Donnelly was liable to
be squelched by the judiciary committee but
he discovered that it had been sent to the
committee by mistake and got it, referred
to the committee on banking. Whether 1t
Will snare any better fate among the bank
ers Of the legislature remains to be seen.
As usual there are a multitude Of peti-
hOns to both branches of the legislature
upon all conceivable topics but the
temperance petitions are largely in the
ascendant. The temperance people very
frequently start in early and deluge the
legislature with petitions while the liquor
interest comes up smiling later in the ses-
sion and with less publicity either kills or
materially modities the Legislation proposed
by the temperance people. This has been
the legislative history of the temperance
agitation in Minnesota for many years.